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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the prophecies discussed in Act 2, Scene 4 supposed to forewarn?
(a) There will be a plague.
(b) The king is dead.
(c) England is to be overthrown.
(d) The war is doomed.

2. "Though banish'd, yet a true born Englishman." Who says this quote?
(a) Bolingbroke.
(b) Lord Marshal.
(c) Gaunt.
(d) Mowbray.

3. What do Bolingbroke and Mowbray accuse one another of?
(a) Adultery.
(b) Treason.
(c) Kidnapping.
(d) Thief.

4. To whom does Bolingbroke send a message to in Act 3, Scene 1 that he has no ill-will towards?
(a) The Queen.
(b) Bagot.
(c) The Duchess of Gloucester.
(d) Richard.

5. : For what day is the duel set?
(a) Christmas Eve.
(b) Guy Fawkes Day.
(c) Saint Lambert's Day.
(d) The Summer Solstice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard learn of Gaunt in Act 1, Scene 4?

2. Why don't Bolingbroke and Mowbray forgive one another?

3. Which of the following characters is the only one to speak in Act 2, Scene 1?

4. Who is the first to speak in Act 2, Scene 1?

5. What is Gaunt's final line?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Act 1, Scene 2, what does the Duchess of Gloucester seem to be saying she is going to do?

2. How does Bolingbroke handle the murder of Richard?

3. Why doesn't Richard trust Bolingbroke's relationship with the people of England?

4. What is the conversation in Flint Castle between Richard and Aumerle immediately following the one with Northumberland?

5. What do Gaunt and York discuss privately in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?

6. What happens at the end of Act 5, Scene 1? What does this say of York?

7. What does Richard announce he will do at the end of Act 2, Scene 1? What do we learn will happen upon his doing so?

8. What happens immediately preceding the official start of the duel?

9. What is the Queen doing in the beginning of Act 3, Scene 4? What changes this behavior?

10. How does Bolingbroke justify taking license to execute?

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